I was sick and tired of being sick and tired. Once I realized what living healthily felt like, I was able to recognize how draining the day-to-day motions had been when I was drinking all the time. Though it took some time to resonate with me, I think this is a saying most people in recovery can identify with. ~ Beth L.

Drinking was never my problem.
But compulsively eating, preferably in secret
certainly was! How I convinced myself
that a morbidly obese woman was keeping
secret eating secret escapes even me?
Of course I didn’t even when I would stop
the “secret” purchases as soon as the clerk knew
from many past visits what gooey sugar-packed treat
I was going to order. I stopped frequenting that store
and drove to a competitor’s window, until that clerk
followed suit.
Finally, though, something changed! I began following
a sugar-free flour-free plan, with planned and measured meals
and no snacks. Followed for seventeen months
the body changed and the legs I lifted in getting out of bed
looked nothing like mine!!
Important things change in behavior changes!
And I’m so glad to be the proof!